| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Escort destroyer |
| Class | Hunt (Type II) |
| Pennant | L 42 |
| Built by | Cammell Laird Shipyard (Birkenhead, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 18 Nov 1939 |
| Launched | 30 Sep 1940 |
| Commissioned | 9 May 1941 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Arrived at Faslane to be scrapped on 28 October 1968. Commanding Officers: Lt. Michael Neville Tufnell, DSC, RN Lt.Cdr. Edward Nigel Pumphrey, DSO, DSC, RN Lt.Cdr. George Blackler, RN Lt. Kenneth Rupert Simpson Leadley, RN Lt. A.C.B. Bromfield, DSC, RN |
Commands listed for HMS Brocklesby (L 42)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. George Pepys Huddart, RN | 17 Jan 1941 | 12 Jan 1942 |
| 2 | Lt. Michael Neville Tufnell, DSC, RN | 12 Jan 1942 | 17 Apr 1942 |
| 3 | Lt.Cdr. Edward Nigel Pumphrey, DSC, DSO, RN | 17 Apr 1942 | 25 Aug 1942 |
| 4 | Lt.Cdr. George Blackler, RN | 25 Aug 1942 | Jun 1943 |
| 5 | Lt. Kenneth Rupert Simpson Leadlay, RN | Jun 1943 | 27 Dec 1944 |
| 6 | Lt. Anthony Constantine Barrington Blomfield, DSC, RN | 27 Dec 1944 | Oct 1945 ? |
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Noteable events involving Brocklesby include:
12 Dec 1942
The British destroyers HMS Whitshed, HMS Worcester and HMS Vesper, the British escort destroyers HMS Brocklesby and HMS Albrighton, and the Norwegian escort destroyer Eskdale attacked German shipping in the English Channel. Eskdale torpedoed and sank Sperrbrecher 144/Beijerland (387 BRT) west of Le Treport, France in position 50º05'N, 01º09'E and Whitshed torpedoed and sank Sperrbecher 178/Gauss (1236 BRT) north-east of Dieppe, France in position 50º04'N, 01º09'E.